As much as I enjoyed Junkyard Gold I have to say that this series of shows is actually better for us viewers as you are not really tied as tightly to the clock. I look forward to each vid.
There was an old guy out in California named Norm Thatcher who ran the big Mopars at Bonneville, and I remember him getting these 1960 Darts up to 200 mph on the salt. He was tied into Chrysler some kind of way so I think he had access to some slick powertrain parts, but his cars were always bone stock looking, except for full roll cage. It was always amazing for me to see these big upright Dodges achieving such astronomical speeds, Norm really knew how to make power. And he was very much the geezer looking old dude. Maybe the original OG? Great job Steve!
In the Classic Era that look was called a "Coupe DeVille". That where Cadillac got the name. Originally came from the buggy days. I would like to meet the guy who did that!
Being a Floridian I've learned a few tricks over the many years in the automotive sector . We rarely use heaters here , but I've used mine in the extremely hot summer months for a little extra engine cooling say if your stuck in traffic . Once the heater is turned on you get the cool water in the heater core mix with the radiator water which brings the temperature down a little , maybe enough to keep from overheating . Works in a pinch .
I had a Corvair with a '70 500 Cad+Eldo transaxle in the back seat. I had stuck the '82 4-6-8 cylinder deactivation valve covers and rockers on it. I just ran it with a toggle switch in either 8 cylinder or 4 cylinder mode. Usually I only cut 4 cylinders off on the highway - but a couple times stuck in Los Angeles creep-n-stop I'd pull the Turbo Hydro 425 into manual Low and creep along in 4 cylinder mode. It ran quit a bit cooler that way. I never did rig up a heater for it, tho.
@@patrickshaw8595 1981 for the modulated displacement unless you got it from a 1982 commercial car. The 4-6-8 wasn't used past 1981 except the commercial chassis.
The last couple of nights I've been stuck on old episodes of the black-and-white highway patrol series from the 1950s with Broderick Crawford. That show is loaded with absolutely beautiful 1950s forward look Chryslers. I know they were just cars back then, but they mistreat these majestic machines in almost every episode.. And that 55 Buick Century patrol car he drives in the early episodes, absolutely gorgeous!!
That is a PRETTY old Dodge -- love the sloping fastback roofline. That guy in Big Spring, Texas who had the zillion Exner Mopars would've loved that one.
A '73 Swinger was my high school car. Mine was a 318, not a 6. It very quickly found itself equipped with a Weiand intake, Holley 650 4 bbl., Hooker headers, dual exhaust w/ Thrush glass packs, B&M shifter, and, Mopar Performance leaf springs out back. I remember trying to cut class in that thing. I'd sneak out to the parking lot, then, the minute I started her, everyone in the school could hear!
22MPG!! Better than some new full sized “fuel efficient” models made and highly praised today. Love learning about everything here, makes me want to restore and rebuild everything! Thanks Steve
We have the same car sitting in the fence row at our farm. The car was parked 1972 and the neighbor kids shot the windows out, the time I was old enough to get into cars our 1960 Dart Pioneer was beyond saving.
My Grandpa, Ulysses Byrd (RIP) had a 2dr. 1960 "Phoenix" with a 361. I have a picture of it in Macon, Ga. parked in his driveway covered with snow, in my toolbox.
I bet Everyone If could would love to Go back in time, and Garage all the Nice car,s they had growing up, I know I wish i could, There was such unique cars,In the Past. God Bless Steve Great Video's
My first grade teacher drove a '60 dodge which was nearly new at time. Four door and beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Dodge and Plymouth had some "unusual" looking cars at that time.
My dad bought a 1960 Dart Phoenix new. He still had it when I was born in 1964. It was shipped to Germany when we were stationed there in late 1964. It was damaged, so he changed the original color from red to blue. He sold it to another airmen when we left in 1966. We had an ultra rare 1961 2 door Mercury Comet station wagon as its replacement. Try to find one of those today!
When I was a kid (70s) there was a 60 Phoenix 4 door sedan parked in the outskirts of Hannover, Germany but it was black. Wonder what happened to your dads car.
I especially enjoyed this video as the first car I could legally drive was dad’s 1960 Dodge Seneca 4 Dr with a V-8 and automatic. It was the same colour as the one in the video, but as it was Canadian, it had the Plymouth dash. It had a heater thank goodness. It was very quick for its days easy out accelerating Oldsmobiles of the day and the like.
These cars, even the Senecas, were available with the mighty 383 big block. Not just fast "for its day". Check out my 60 Plymouth 383 vids (technically same as Dodge).
I've been a car fan since day one and when I was a young teen, my dad, also a car junkie, would take me junk yard crawling every now and then just for the fun of it. We weren't looking for anything special, just wondered what was there. I learned so much about the old stuff from these endeavors. Awesome show Steve !
In 1964 my mother bought a used 60 pioneer with a v8 from granite dodge in Quincy mass. I remember riding in it with her , she didn't like it and bought a brand new 65 yellow pontiac grand prix.
My great aunt and uncle owned a blue and white Phoenix like this, owned it until '67 when they bought a new Plymouth Satellite, silver with red interior.
Scott from coldwarmotors used a 1960 4 door dart to restore his 1960 Plymouth Fury underneath it all the dart and the Fury have the same body it's very interesting
I remember them as a kid giving me the creeps. I thought they looked like an octopus' tentacles! I've since worked through this mental block and have owned several older Mopars with these unusual pedal pads. Thanks for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante
I like the purple Chevy next to the Dart. I had a 68 just like that. 2 door with a 307 and a 3 on the tree. I bought it for $75 bucks back in 1984. It was my back and forth car while in college. I got tired of the column shift and hit up old JC Whitney and ordered a floor shifter for it. I am glad gas was 90 cents a gallon back then seeing it would only get 10mpg.
My grandparents' car, I remember it well, with the see through speedometer and 3 on the tree (for them). I was 3. Thanks for the fantastic trip through my memories.
Steve,i'm impressed with your Mopar knowledge. That's a nice car. Looks like someone put a later model radiator on & some sort of cooler,( trans, p/s etc.).
I remeber Chevettes had radio delaete, cardboard door panels, no carpet abotu as bare bone as you get. Amazing how this generation is so used to the "Electronic" Technology. You never realized how comfortable and fuel efficent the older cars where until you drive them. I had an old 76 Impala and it was a couch on wheeles just floated compared to these Crossover and SUV today. Thanks Steve, you legacy and knowledge needs to be preserved
Yup, I had a 1960 Pioneer four door with a big block 318 and 2 barrel stranburg (SP) carburetor. I was in high school whe it was given by my dad in 1975 -1977 then kept through adult life until I sold to my Spanish instructor in college in 1987. I had made major modification such replacing the front inefficient brakes with disc brakes, replaced the rear end with exact gear ration but 1964 dodge dart with 2.5 inch break pads. Added an electric sunroof from a GM car that fit like a glove internally. Added a Pioneer KP 500 FM/cassette stereo with tri-speakers it was loud. I 1968 Dodge Barracuda rims. It was a sweet car. Wish I can show my pictures here. Love this car forever.
I’m pretty sure I’ve spotted an EGR valve. Which either means the intake and exhaust manifold assembly was replaced at some point or the engine was and they transfer the valve cover over. He may have covered this later in the video as I’m off to work. Unless they were using some type of vacuum operated valve to control the heat under the intake but that looks like standard 1973 on EGR valve.
personally, I'm thinking it's a whole engine transplant. That would also explain the ribs on the VC, which are so 1980. The later cars would also have a side mounted heater so no notch in the VC.
Hi Steve, great video on this very odd optioned '60 Dodge Dart. Steve, in the opening of the video, I thought to myself, that looks like my old Matador. I may or may not have posted something about this car in another video of yours. They do look very similar. The fin on the Matador had a longer taillight 'port'. Mine was a 2dr hardtop 383 single 4bl carb. The same colour mint and in mint condition 🤣. I kept the car a few yrs and even took it to a couple of concerts. One show I went to, I found a guy sitting on the front fender. I played it cool and sort of played the part of Joe Young, the leader of the Pharaohs in American Graffiti. I started chatting up, dude asking if it was his car and what a beautiful car, etc. I walked around and opened up the trunk and dudes face turned pale and slid off the fender and went back into Joe the Pharaoh routine. "Where you going? Must be going somewhere you left here didn't you." 🤣😆 I grabbed up dude and showed him Johnny. Johnny was a friend of mine who was coming across the parking lot. Johnny was 6.5 and had a physique like Superstar Billy Graham. A massive man. I put dude in a head lock and said we need to tell Johnny that you scratched his car. Johnny was a kitten he was big, but he was no fighter neither am I. When Johnny saw me put dude in a head lock, he started running towards us. He snatched dude up like a paper cup with one hand and ask me what's the problem. I told him I found this trash sitting on the car, and Johnny walked him over to the large trash container full of beer bottles and such. Johnny spun dude upside-down and head first into the garbage can. By the time Johnny got back to the car, I had it already running and in gear and plowed our way through the crowded parking lot as fast as possible. Johnny was such a kitten he felt bad about what he had done. I reassured him his actions were justified, and the last time I checked my car wasn't a couch. Sold the car to a fellow in Kitchener, a city in Canada. That guy flew into Charlotte and drove it back home. It's probably still up there unless it met some sort of tragedy. Have a blessed day, everyone, Namaste 🙏🏼
@SteveMagnante Hi Steve, sometimes "having the only one in the parking lot" attracts unwanted attention. Johnny had this light blue and white 51 Ford truck that had a later 400 C6 with side pipes under the running board, but he hadn't gotten the shifter linkage correct. He couldn't wait to drive it, I guess. He was big into fishing and always had a pole somewhere in whatever he was driving. He would take a fishing rod and lean over while holding the brake and smack at the selector on the side of the transmission until he had it in gear. There were a few times he'd have to stop because he had it in 2nd and not drive. Eventually, he got pretty good at it. He drove that thing like that for a month or 2. I think he was motivated when it rolled on him at the boat landing and nearly lost both to the lake. If you can imagine this gorilla of a man swinging a fishing rod from the driver's seat trying to find reverse or drive at the loading dock. One would think he's nutty, but his size probably left those questions for the imagination. 😆 That 51 was a pain for the average man to park with the big heavy 400 under the hood. Johnny would one hand it and flex and say factory installed power steering. 65° today and DRY. Going out to soak up some vitamin D. Have a blessed day, everyone. Namaste 🙏🏼 🤙🏼
Steve, As always another interesting and well documented analysis of an automotive oddity. You are consistently the best of UA-cam and my first view every day!
It's amazing that they got 22mpg with that big heavy dart . My wife's jeep Cherokee and my daughter's Durango have a hard time getting 22mpgs on the highway with there 6cyl's. Thanks Steve, I hope more dart's are in the future. I like the 68 through 72 darts
Cool feature! Sad to see it so forlorn, though. MY grandfather bought a new 1960 Dodge Dart Seneca 2-seat station wagon, bare except for the 318 and TorqueFlite. It was a pretty good car for him, except that, with no "Park" position, he now and then drove off with the parking brake (which was on the driveshaft, I have heard) engaged, burning it up. Thankfully, IT had a heater, which came in handy on winter days when he picked me up from grade school!
these cars move along just fine with the slant six. while you won't be winning any races you can easily get up to freeway speeds to merge in. they ride real nice as well.
Love the 60 model Mopars. Had a 60 Belvedere 2dr hardtop and it started my love affair with those cars when everyone else was way into 58 Plymouths. They're all hard to find and restore.
I was always under the impression that the 'new' slant six was just the guts of the old six from the late 1920's-1950s stuffed into a new, lower profile casting. I've seen slant sixes swapped into pre-1960 Dodges and Plymouths, they match up bolt for bolt with the 3-speed manual.
My family had a 60 dart Phoenix. Was brand new and waiting for us on the dock in Washington state when we arrived by ship from Hawaii. I was only 2, but I do remember it from 62 through 69 when it was replaced with a 69 AMC Rebel after the freeze plugs rusted out and the motor overheated to point of destruction. Was a cool looking car.
Back in 1960 when I was four years old and just learning to read I thought it said Peoria on the fender. One of our family members had a new 1960 pioneer back then and as I remember people thought the styling was odd even then.
Back in '75, I owmed a (sorta cool) "60 Dodge Phoenix (LONG before Pontiac!) that was a rusty, beaten, but GREAT car! My Phoenix 4 door hardtop was NICE gold with a sprayed-on black "vinyl top"! It was "318 HUGE BLOCK", powered, with usual options of the era! This was A GREAT OLD CAR!
The Slant always bothered me because it only had 4 main bearings which I originally assumed was Chrysler being ah..."frugal" It wasn't until I realized that they gave it a 4 main bottom end to make it shorter to fit in the 1960 compacts (along with the side mounted water pump) that I really gained respect for the engineering that went into it. Great engine!
My 1st car in 1970 was a 1960 Dart Phoenix convertible, vermillion, white top, red interior (black dash), 318 poly 4bbl, torqueflite. It would run 75 all day and get 20 mpg. Unfortunately the salted winter roads in NW Ohio finally did it in.
Steve that Dart is kinda like no AC. In desert cars. Desert cars had evaporation coolers that could be hung on your side windows to help with cooling down the vehicle. It could be moved from car to car. I don’t know who made them but it was a simple device.
I cannot imagine a "heater delete," unless you live near the equator. I do remember "radio delete" cars. My father bought two of them, and in both cases he had the dealer install radios.
Nice piece. The Dodge Dart wagons shared the 122 inch wheel base that the Matador & Polara had. The Dart wagons also shared the Matador and Polara fin design, which were set further forward than the Dart fins on the rear fenders. Most were Seneca & Pioneer wagons, but there were 320 Phoenix wagons built, but only 4 had the /6. One of which was a 3 seat wagon. Only Polara & Phoenix offered a convertible. The 225/6 was standard in Darts, but Valiant had the 170/6-101HP standard `60-`69. The 225/6 became optional on Valiant mid year `61.
Looks like someone put a later model radiator in that car, I worked many years in a radiator shop and that style of Blackstone radiator came later in the sixties.
Nice! I had a '60 Dart Pioneer 2-dr post back in the late '80s. It did have the heater, thankfully, and was a poly-318 with pushbutton powerflite. But I later had an early '65 D200 sweptline that had lived all its life in San Diego. I bought it based on just a few photos, shipped cross country to Virginia, and discovered when it arrived that it had no heater controls in the cab. It did have a heater core, but the only control for it was a valve on the intake manifold, and that was frozen shut. Not something I'd seen before or since.
That valve on the exhaust manifold has nothing to do with the interior heater, except that it shortens engine warm up time. It only heats the intake manifold and it is usually rusted tight.
could that be a full junkyard engine from a mid 70s vintage? Those also had the ribs on the VC and I believe the heater was moved to the side so a full VC as well.
Coldwarmotors used a 4dr version of this car for parts. They used the entire platform to save a very rusty 60 fury hard top. Super interesting series of videos.
About 20 years ago I sold my friends rotted out Pioneer Seneca on Ebay, to an eccentric German guy. He bought it for 1k, and had it picked up in NH. Shipped it to Germany for lawn art.
Had the identical car but with 4 doors. Another hand me down from my dad. That slant 6 was a pretty nice improvement from the flathead in my previous lump. That thing served me well until I was drafted.
Not a Fastback! Not a limo. Not a semi-truck. Not a submarine. Not a lot of things. But, especially NOT a FASTBACK. Come on Steve. Love the "Crawls" and still looking forward to seeing your Super Stock Dodge (ex-cop car).
Absolutely 💯 love 💖 these forward look , Chrysler , Dodge , Plymouth , DeSoto , Imperial I appreciated Virile Exner You're absolutely right 1960 , unitized , semi unitized platform Cool too see the Dodge Darts , generations side by side Factory Heater deleted ??!! What ?? That was an actual option ??
Mr. B. Here ! Yes folks at that time would save a few dollars , one of my friends who dad had one , almost got one , his wife made clear that he be driving a lone with heater delete. Also people found the heat core would carry 2 quarts extra coolant .
@@debbiebermudez5890 It just blows my mind too think people would pinch , those pennies . But you're right , people did option it out We had two VWs , bus & beetle . Lived through the blizzard of 78 . Never again , will we have a car 🚗 without a heater
If you want a big LOL , for my 70 th BD, the Mrs. Got me 1976 Sprint , heater core die, found a cooper core AZ new, but cold temps move in so core is in box, when sun is out temps about 30 + vehicle goes for a drive ! LOL !
I live in north Florida and can assure you that we have plenty of occasions to use our car heaters. We’ve had temperatures down in the low teens and orange crops as far down as Orlando have gotten frost damage
Great video crazy to have heater delete on that car my best friend bought a 1970 Dodge super beer 1975 triple black 440 pistol grip 4 speed 410 Dana car it had heater delete carpet delete radio delete car was originally purchased and shipped to Hawaii and was arrived in West Allis Wisconsin at a used car lot in 1975 what a cool car had a lot of fun with that car first car ever saw with heater delete have a great day thanks for the great video
In 1971, I got a 1960 Dodge Polara wagon with the 383 four barrel. The tailgate was smashed in, so I bought a 1960 Dart Seneca wagon so I could get the tailgate. At the time, I didn't know there was a difference between them. My Dart had the 318 V8. Both cars were eventually sold. The buyer of the 383 pulled the heads and abandoned the rest of the car on a dead end road. Sad end for a loaded Polara.
Dang a 60 dodge .... I bought a 2dr white 60 MATADOR. 361 ENGINE.. IT GAVE UP I FOUND A 61 New Yorker Golden lion 413. Oh the memories . It really woke up the MATADOR. I've longed to find another. That was back in 69 for 200 bucks.
5:57 Of course the Comet looked weird. Ford originally intended to market the Comet as an Edsel, and the taillights picked up on the '58 and '60 Edsel vibe. The lenses weren't identical to the '60 Edsel's, but the family resemblance was unmistakable.
Steve, I can not tell you how much I am enjoying you and your Junk Yard Crawl Series. I’m a country boy who only was around Fords and Chevrolets. The other brands we mostly bought by city folks in my area so I’m really learning a lot about Chrysler products ,even though I had a Uncle who was a Chrysler Dodge, Plymouth mechanic. I just learned that Chrysler was working with a Turbine powered car for about 12 years. ( another You Tube Channel ) that they almost made it except the EPA and the Nader Raider disease hit them.
They did make them in limited numbers, I think 50. My memory is not what it used to be. I can't remember whether they were leases or something, but somehow Chrysler took them all back. I think they were deemed too dangerous, due to the fact that the exhaust came out the back at like 1700 degrees. There are still a few out there. I think Jay Leno owns one. They look a lot like Thunderbirds, with a Batmobile afterburner, so it's possible you may have even seen one and not known it.
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I can see the Lennon sisters bouncing around inside singing the praises of the new dart for 1960 on the Lawrence Welk show.
As much as I enjoyed Junkyard Gold I have to say that this series of shows is actually better for us viewers as you are not really tied as tightly to the clock. I look forward to each vid.
There was an old guy out in California named Norm Thatcher who ran the big Mopars at Bonneville, and I remember him getting these 1960 Darts up to 200 mph on the salt. He was tied into Chrysler some kind of way so I think he had access to some slick powertrain parts, but his cars were always bone stock looking, except for full roll cage. It was always amazing for me to see these big upright Dodges achieving such astronomical speeds, Norm really knew how to make power. And he was very much the geezer looking old dude. Maybe the original OG? Great job Steve!
Mr. B. Here ! Morning Mags ! As a kid in Brooklyn NY, two my friends there dad’s had these cars . So sad to see them in the yard !
That 68 Chevy you are leaning on seems to have the even rarer "roof delete" option.😀
Targa option
Somehow I don't think you'll find that option on the cowl tag. LOL.
An extreme "T-top"?
@@waynetaylor8082 Why not? Hurst cut them out on the Firebirds and other cars of the 1970s with a jig saw and reciprocating saw. LOL.
In the Classic Era that look was called a "Coupe DeVille". That where Cadillac got the name. Originally came from the buggy days.
I would like to meet the guy who did that!
Being a Floridian I've learned a few tricks over the many years in the automotive sector . We rarely use heaters here , but I've used mine in the extremely hot summer months for a little extra engine cooling say if your stuck in traffic . Once the heater is turned on you get the cool water in the heater core mix with the radiator water which brings the temperature down a little , maybe enough to keep from overheating . Works in a pinch .
I’ve turned on the heater to cool down a motor after racing.
Agreed with using the heaters for extra cooling, we used to plumb heater cores on the inner fenders for extra cooling
Yup, that has saved many an engine by taking the excess heat away from the engine.
I had a Corvair with a '70 500 Cad+Eldo transaxle in the back seat. I had stuck the '82 4-6-8 cylinder deactivation valve covers and rockers on it. I just ran it with a toggle switch in either 8 cylinder or 4 cylinder mode. Usually I only cut 4 cylinders off on the highway - but a couple times stuck in Los Angeles creep-n-stop I'd pull the Turbo Hydro 425 into manual Low and creep along in 4 cylinder mode. It ran quit a bit cooler that way. I never did rig up a heater for it, tho.
@@patrickshaw8595 1981 for the modulated displacement unless you got it from a 1982 commercial car. The 4-6-8 wasn't used past 1981 except the commercial chassis.
The last couple of nights I've been stuck on old episodes of the black-and-white highway patrol series from the 1950s with Broderick Crawford.
That show is loaded with absolutely beautiful 1950s forward look Chryslers. I know they were just cars back then, but they mistreat these majestic machines in almost every episode..
And that 55 Buick Century patrol car he drives in the early episodes, absolutely gorgeous!!
That is a PRETTY old Dodge -- love the sloping fastback roofline. That guy in Big Spring, Texas who had the zillion Exner Mopars would've loved that one.
A '73 Swinger was my high school car. Mine was a 318, not a 6. It very quickly found itself equipped with a Weiand intake, Holley 650 4 bbl., Hooker headers, dual exhaust w/ Thrush glass packs, B&M shifter, and, Mopar Performance leaf springs out back. I remember trying to cut class in that thing. I'd sneak out to the parking lot, then, the minute I started her, everyone in the school could hear!
I think they call those convertibles.
Was that you?
22MPG!! Better than some new full sized “fuel efficient” models made and highly praised today. Love learning about everything here, makes me want to restore and rebuild everything! Thanks Steve
Imagine the performance if it was 1K lighter, even with that six? ;-)
I'm lucky if my XUV gets 13mpg but I only drive 150 miles a month.
These actual CARS were SO SUPERIOR to over-sold CRAP today!
Gallons were larger back then....
These were ACTUAL cars, not "virtural" CRAP!
Wow! The whole car is still there! A 6 cyl. motor moved that big barge around! Amazing!
THAT 6 cyl. was MUCH BETTER than todays' GARBAGE!
I’m going to say not very rapidly…….😂
We have the same car sitting in the fence row at our farm. The car was parked 1972 and the neighbor kids shot the windows out, the time I was old enough to get into cars our 1960 Dart Pioneer was beyond saving.
My Grandpa, Ulysses Byrd (RIP) had a 2dr. 1960 "Phoenix" with a 361. I have a picture of it in Macon, Ga. parked in his driveway covered with snow, in my toolbox.
I bet Everyone If could would love to Go back in time, and Garage all the Nice car,s they had growing up, I know I wish i could, There was such unique cars,In the Past. God Bless Steve Great Video's
I love those old boats! I remember riding in my cousin's 61 Seneca. It was black with red interior. Cool car.
That is a beautiful car! I think it can be saved. 440 be just the ticket for her. Lots of cool Mopars in the background Steve.
Very interesting. Reminded me of a 58 Edsel Ranger sedan I found in a NJ yard. It too was a heater delete. And a Florida license plates.
My first grade teacher drove a '60 dodge which was nearly new at time. Four door and beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Dodge and Plymouth had some "unusual" looking cars at that time.
My dad bought a 1960 Dart Phoenix new. He still had it when I was born in 1964. It was shipped to Germany when we were stationed there in late 1964. It was damaged, so he changed the original color from red to blue. He sold it to another airmen when we left in 1966. We had an ultra rare 1961 2 door Mercury Comet station wagon as its replacement. Try to find one of those today!
When I was a kid (70s) there was a 60 Phoenix 4 door sedan parked in the outskirts of Hannover, Germany but it was black. Wonder what happened to your dads car.
I'm excited to see what's next. Every day is a new lesson.
I can remember when car ads would say “radio and heater”
yeah, roadside motels also advertised TV, AC, and pool in that era.... for only $2 more!
I especially enjoyed this video as the first car I could legally drive was dad’s 1960 Dodge Seneca 4 Dr with a V-8 and automatic. It was the same colour as the one in the video, but as it was Canadian, it had the Plymouth dash. It had a heater thank goodness. It was very quick for its days easy out accelerating Oldsmobiles of the day and the like.
These cars, even the Senecas, were available with the mighty 383 big block. Not just fast "for its day". Check out my 60 Plymouth 383 vids (technically same as Dodge).
I've been a car fan since day one and when I was a young teen, my dad, also a car junkie, would take me junk yard crawling every now and then just for the fun of it. We weren't looking for anything special, just wondered what was there. I learned so much about the old stuff from these endeavors. Awesome show Steve !
In 1964 my mother bought a used 60 pioneer with a v8 from granite dodge in Quincy mass. I remember riding in it with her , she didn't like it and bought a brand new 65 yellow pontiac grand prix.
A beautiful red one has just been listed on Hemmings!
My great aunt and uncle owned a blue and white Phoenix like this, owned it until '67 when they bought a new Plymouth Satellite, silver with red interior.
My neighbor when I was a kid had a solid black phoenix. It was a beautiful car with its red interior. V 8 too
One of the most beautiful cars ever made.
I really enjoyed my 1960 Dart Pioneer 4-door sedan. The single finger steering was a lot of fun. Mine came with the poly 318. I miss it sometimes.
I like the van in the background that has the outhouse/wood door with a crescent moon on it. The 70's and 80's were a wild time indeed.
The two doors were a thing of sheer beauty
Early 60's Mopars are great looking cars. Especially the crazy canted headlight models
A heater delete dart and lockjaw sounds like a great morning
Man even without the heater that car still looks gorgeous! Sad seeing it wasting away!
That 1960 Dodge line-up were wacky...and RARELY seen anywhere....love 'em
Scott from coldwarmotors used a 1960 4 door dart to restore his 1960 Plymouth Fury underneath it all the dart and the Fury have the same body it's very interesting
Car behind the 60 Dart makes me want to sing “Volare”!
I always liked the little suction cups on the gas and brake pedals
I remember them as a kid giving me the creeps. I thought they looked like an octopus' tentacles! I've since worked through this mental block and have owned several older Mopars with these unusual pedal pads. Thanks for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante
I like the purple Chevy next to the Dart. I had a 68 just like that. 2 door with a 307 and a 3 on the tree. I bought it for $75 bucks back in 1984. It was my back and forth car while in college. I got tired of the column shift and hit up old JC Whitney and ordered a floor shifter for it. I am glad gas was 90 cents a gallon back then seeing it would only get 10mpg.
$75 bucks was a deal even in 84 for that.
@@buckster2575 It was. When the motor finally blew I sold it to the junk yard for 100 bucks. 👍
@@hilltopmachineworks2131 what shape was it in then.
@@buckster2575 It was a good solid driver. Interior was really good. Exterior had minor rust in the usual corners. Burgundy with black interior.
My grandparents' car, I remember it well, with the see through speedometer and 3 on the tree (for them).
I was 3.
Thanks for the fantastic trip through my memories.
I wanna see the Impala sitting next to it with the roof cut out.
Steve,i'm impressed with your Mopar knowledge. That's a nice car. Looks like someone put a later model radiator on & some sort of cooler,( trans, p/s etc.).
I remeber Chevettes had radio delaete, cardboard door panels, no carpet abotu as bare bone as you get. Amazing how this generation is so used to the "Electronic" Technology. You never realized how comfortable and fuel efficent the older cars where until you drive them. I had an old 76 Impala and it was a couch on wheeles just floated compared to these Crossover and SUV today. Thanks Steve, you legacy and knowledge needs to be preserved
Yup, I had a 1960 Pioneer four door with a big block 318 and 2 barrel stranburg (SP) carburetor. I was in high school whe it was given by my dad in 1975 -1977 then kept through adult life until I sold to my Spanish instructor in college in 1987. I had made major modification such replacing the front inefficient brakes with disc brakes, replaced the rear end with exact gear ration but 1964 dodge dart with 2.5 inch break pads. Added an electric sunroof from a GM car that fit like a glove internally. Added a Pioneer KP 500 FM/cassette stereo with tri-speakers it was loud. I 1968 Dodge Barracuda rims. It was a sweet car. Wish I can show my pictures here. Love this car forever.
I’m pretty sure I’ve spotted an EGR valve. Which either means the intake and exhaust manifold assembly was replaced at some point or the engine was and they transfer the valve cover over. He may have covered this later in the video as I’m off to work. Unless they were using some type of vacuum operated valve to control the heat under the intake but that looks like standard 1973 on EGR valve.
My thoughts exactly!
It looks like someone replaced the original Aluminum slant for a newer engine.
That's the first thing I noticed when he opened the hood.
Yes, that appears to be an EGR valve.
personally, I'm thinking it's a whole engine transplant. That would also explain the ribs on the VC, which are so 1980. The later cars would also have a side mounted heater so no notch in the VC.
Yep!
Hi Steve, great video on this very odd optioned '60 Dodge Dart. Steve, in the opening of the video, I thought to myself, that looks like my old Matador. I may or may not have posted something about this car in another video of yours. They do look very similar. The fin on the Matador had a longer taillight 'port'. Mine was a 2dr hardtop 383 single 4bl carb. The same colour mint and in mint condition 🤣. I kept the car a few yrs and even took it to a couple of concerts. One show I went to, I found a guy sitting on the front fender. I played it cool and sort of played the part of Joe Young, the leader of the Pharaohs in American Graffiti. I started chatting up, dude asking if it was his car and what a beautiful car, etc. I walked around and opened up the trunk and dudes face turned pale and slid off the fender and went back into Joe the Pharaoh routine. "Where you going? Must be going somewhere you left here didn't you." 🤣😆 I grabbed up dude and showed him Johnny. Johnny was a friend of mine who was coming across the parking lot. Johnny was 6.5 and had a physique like Superstar Billy Graham. A massive man. I put dude in a head lock and said we need to tell Johnny that you scratched his car. Johnny was a kitten he was big, but he was no fighter neither am I. When Johnny saw me put dude in a head lock, he started running towards us. He snatched dude up like a paper cup with one hand and ask me what's the problem. I told him I found this trash sitting on the car, and Johnny walked him over to the large trash container full of beer bottles and such. Johnny spun dude upside-down and head first into the garbage can. By the time Johnny got back to the car, I had it already running and in gear and plowed our way through the crowded parking lot as fast as possible. Johnny was such a kitten he felt bad about what he had done. I reassured him his actions were justified, and the last time I checked my car wasn't a couch. Sold the car to a fellow in Kitchener, a city in Canada. That guy flew into Charlotte and drove it back home. It's probably still up there unless it met some sort of tragedy. Have a blessed day, everyone, Namaste 🙏🏼
I love it, "my car isn't a COUCH". Good stuff and fully justified! -Steve Magnante
@SteveMagnante Hi Steve, sometimes "having the only one in the parking lot" attracts unwanted attention. Johnny had this light blue and white 51 Ford truck that had a later 400 C6 with side pipes under the running board, but he hadn't gotten the shifter linkage correct. He couldn't wait to drive it, I guess. He was big into fishing and always had a pole somewhere in whatever he was driving. He would take a fishing rod and lean over while holding the brake and smack at the selector on the side of the transmission until he had it in gear. There were a few times he'd have to stop because he had it in 2nd and not drive. Eventually, he got pretty good at it. He drove that thing like that for a month or 2. I think he was motivated when it rolled on him at the boat landing and nearly lost both to the lake. If you can imagine this gorilla of a man swinging a fishing rod from the driver's seat trying to find reverse or drive at the loading dock. One would think he's nutty, but his size probably left those questions for the imagination. 😆 That 51 was a pain for the average man to park with the big heavy 400 under the hood. Johnny would one hand it and flex and say factory installed power steering. 65° today and DRY. Going out to soak up some vitamin D. Have a blessed day, everyone. Namaste 🙏🏼 🤙🏼
Steve, You could have called this one The Birth of The Slant Six.
I'm loving this series @ great job to the folks behind the camera & scene 👏. 👏
Steve, As always another interesting and well documented analysis of an automotive oddity. You are consistently the best of UA-cam and my first view every day!
I agree!
Love these videos 😊
In the rural south, what y'all call a pick and pull, we call a backyard.
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Does more than it should and highly indestructible!
It's amazing that they got 22mpg with that big heavy dart . My wife's jeep Cherokee and my daughter's Durango have a hard time getting 22mpgs on the highway with there 6cyl's.
Thanks Steve, I hope more dart's are in the future. I like the 68 through 72 darts
Cool feature! Sad to see it so forlorn, though. MY grandfather bought a new 1960 Dodge Dart Seneca 2-seat station wagon, bare except for the 318 and TorqueFlite. It was a pretty good car for him, except that, with no "Park" position, he now and then drove off with the parking brake (which was on the driveshaft, I have heard) engaged, burning it up. Thankfully, IT had a heater, which came in handy on winter days when he picked me up from grade school!
We're all pulling for you Steve. Hope to see you soon
these cars move along just fine with the slant six. while you won't be winning any races you can easily get up to freeway speeds to merge in.
they ride real nice as well.
Love the 60 model Mopars. Had a 60 Belvedere 2dr hardtop and it started my love affair with those cars when everyone else was way into 58 Plymouths. They're all hard to find and restore.
I was always under the impression that the 'new' slant six was just the guts of the old six from the late 1920's-1950s stuffed into a new, lower profile casting. I've seen slant sixes swapped into pre-1960 Dodges and Plymouths, they match up bolt for bolt with the 3-speed manual.
Interesting factoid on the valve covers, and that road draft tube caught my eye, there’s something I haven’t seen in a long long time.
My family had a 60 dart Phoenix. Was brand new and waiting for us on the dock in Washington state when we arrived by ship from Hawaii. I was only 2, but I do remember it from 62 through 69 when it was replaced with a 69 AMC Rebel after the freeze plugs rusted out and the motor overheated to point of destruction. Was a cool looking car.
Cool to see the start of the Dart.
A 70 Dart Swinger was my first car.
I sure do miss it.
It never dawned on me to pull the fender and inner wheel well for much better access to the distribution on a slant 6 at tune up time...
Back in 1960 when I was four years old and just learning to read I thought it said Peoria on the fender. One of our family members had a new 1960 pioneer back then and as I remember people thought the styling was odd even then.
2:18 Let's not forget about the extremely rare Zip-Tied hose option.
Back in '75, I owmed a (sorta cool) "60 Dodge Phoenix (LONG before Pontiac!) that was a rusty, beaten, but GREAT car! My Phoenix 4 door hardtop was NICE gold with a sprayed-on black "vinyl top"! It was "318 HUGE BLOCK", powered, with usual options of the era! This was A GREAT OLD CAR!
The Slant always bothered me because it only had 4 main bearings which I originally assumed was Chrysler being ah..."frugal" It wasn't until I realized that they gave it a 4 main bottom end to make it shorter to fit in the 1960 compacts (along with the side mounted water pump) that I really gained respect for the engineering that went into it. Great engine!
I did a heater delete on my DD in Florida, it was fine.
(I did need to reinstall the heater when I moved to Iowa!)
My 1st car in 1970 was a 1960 Dart Phoenix convertible, vermillion, white top, red interior (black dash), 318 poly 4bbl, torqueflite. It would run 75 all day and get 20 mpg. Unfortunately the salted winter roads in NW Ohio finally did it in.
Steve that Dart is kinda like no AC. In desert cars. Desert cars had evaporation coolers that could be hung on your side windows to help with cooling down the vehicle. It could be moved from car to car. I don’t know who made them but it was a simple device.
The Chevy with the targa top. LOL
Man Steve, that steering wheel would look really good on our 61 Plymouth wagon!
You the man Steve it's about the third time I seen this video gets better and better each time get well soon brother
Thanks for naming the build plant i am a syco for where it was built
I cannot imagine a "heater delete," unless you live near the equator. I do remember "radio delete" cars. My father bought two of them, and in both cases he had the dealer install radios.
Exactly, that means you do not even have a blower motor for fresh air or window defogger! Unbelievable people ordered a new car without.
Nice piece.
The Dodge Dart wagons shared the 122 inch wheel base that the Matador & Polara had.
The Dart wagons also shared the Matador and Polara fin design, which were set further forward than the Dart fins on the rear fenders.
Most were Seneca & Pioneer wagons, but there were 320 Phoenix wagons built, but only 4 had the /6. One of which was a 3 seat wagon.
Only Polara & Phoenix offered a convertible.
The 225/6 was standard in Darts, but Valiant had the 170/6-101HP standard `60-`69.
The 225/6 became optional on Valiant mid year `61.
Unicorn collection rears its head again! Crazy stuff there Steve!!
Looks like someone put a later model radiator in that car, I worked many years in a radiator shop and that style of Blackstone radiator came later in the sixties.
Thanks Steve! Great job again!
This guy knows more than the people who think they know
Do a video on the purple chevy beside this one I’m sure it’s got a story to tell
Nice! I had a '60 Dart Pioneer 2-dr post back in the late '80s. It did have the heater, thankfully, and was a poly-318 with pushbutton powerflite. But I later had an early '65 D200 sweptline that had lived all its life in San Diego. I bought it based on just a few photos, shipped cross country to Virginia, and discovered when it arrived that it had no heater controls in the cab. It did have a heater core, but the only control for it was a valve on the intake manifold, and that was frozen shut. Not something I'd seen before or since.
That valve on the exhaust manifold has nothing to do with the interior heater, except that it shortens engine warm up time. It only heats the intake manifold and it is usually rusted tight.
Great video! The intake manifold must have been replaced somewhere in time: it is a modern one equipped with an EGR valve as seen @ 2:00.
could that be a full junkyard engine from a mid 70s vintage? Those also had the ribs on the VC and I believe the heater was moved to the side so a full VC as well.
I noticed that too Eric, I think the EGR Valve started around 1975????
Exhaust manifolds cracked on them, and it was easiest to R&R the intake and exhaust as a unit.
@@kennethmoore9475 ... EGR was there for sure in 1974. although who knows what might have come on California style cars a few years earlier.
@@rupe53 Not that likely. They changed the mount design in about 1966. Newer engine on an older sub-frame would involve a fair bit of extra work.
Coldwarmotors used a 4dr version of this car for parts. They used the entire platform to save a very rusty 60 fury hard top. Super interesting series of videos.
id love to see some of the 50's & 60s body designs in a wind tunnel.would be very interesting.
Steve, your knowledge is unbelievable, I’m close to your digs and would love love love following you in person for a day a week a month
About 20 years ago I sold my friends rotted out Pioneer Seneca on Ebay, to an eccentric German guy. He bought it for 1k, and had it picked up in NH. Shipped it to Germany for lawn art.
Had the identical car but with 4 doors. Another hand me down from my dad. That slant 6 was a pretty nice improvement from the flathead in my previous lump. That thing served me well until I was drafted.
My first car was a 72 dart did not have much opposition's but it ran good
Beutiful old "lady" ( car).
Thanks for the lesson Steve
Not a Fastback! Not a limo. Not a semi-truck. Not a submarine. Not a lot of things. But, especially NOT a FASTBACK. Come on Steve. Love the "Crawls" and still looking forward to seeing your Super Stock Dodge (ex-cop car).
Absolutely 💯 love 💖 these forward look , Chrysler , Dodge , Plymouth , DeSoto , Imperial
I appreciated Virile Exner
You're absolutely right
1960 , unitized , semi unitized platform
Cool too see the Dodge Darts , generations side by side
Factory Heater deleted ??!!
What ??
That was an actual option ??
Mr. B. Here ! Yes folks at that time would save a few dollars , one of my friends who dad had one , almost got one , his wife made clear that he be driving a lone with heater delete. Also people found the heat core would carry 2 quarts extra coolant .
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It just blows my mind too think people would pinch , those pennies .
But you're right , people did option it out
We had two VWs , bus & beetle .
Lived through the blizzard of 78 .
Never again , will we have a car 🚗 without a heater
If you want a big LOL , for my 70 th BD, the Mrs. Got me 1976 Sprint , heater core die, found a cooper core AZ new, but cold temps move in so core is in box, when sun is out temps about 30 + vehicle goes for a drive ! LOL !
I live in north Florida and can assure you that we have plenty of occasions to use our car heaters. We’ve had temperatures down in the low teens and orange crops as far down as Orlando have gotten frost damage
That Spider Man optioned steering wheel! Which car or truck would I put that on? Maybe my BMW?!
Great video crazy to have heater delete on that car my best friend bought a 1970 Dodge super beer 1975 triple black 440 pistol grip 4 speed 410 Dana car it had heater delete carpet delete radio delete car was originally purchased and shipped to Hawaii and was arrived in West Allis Wisconsin at a used car lot in 1975 what a cool car had a lot of fun with that car first car ever saw with heater delete have a great day thanks for the great video
In 1971, I got a 1960 Dodge Polara wagon with the 383 four barrel. The tailgate was smashed in, so I bought a 1960 Dart Seneca wagon so I could get the tailgate. At the time, I didn't know there was a difference between them. My Dart had the 318 V8. Both cars were eventually sold. The buyer of the 383 pulled the heads and abandoned the rest of the car on a dead end road. Sad end for a loaded Polara.
Dang a 60 dodge .... I bought a 2dr white 60 MATADOR. 361 ENGINE.. IT GAVE UP I FOUND A 61 New Yorker Golden lion 413. Oh the memories . It really woke up the MATADOR. I've longed to find another. That was back in 69 for 200 bucks.
That is the best-looking steering wheel ever
5:57 Of course the Comet looked weird.
Ford originally intended to market the Comet as an Edsel, and the taillights picked up on the '58 and '60 Edsel vibe. The lenses weren't identical to the '60 Edsel's, but the family resemblance was unmistakable.
Superb work, Steve. Thank you. Jim of Pig Alley
Steve, I can not tell you how much I am enjoying you and your Junk Yard Crawl Series. I’m a country boy who only was around Fords and Chevrolets. The other brands we mostly bought by city folks in my area so I’m really learning a lot about Chrysler products ,even though I had a Uncle who was a Chrysler Dodge, Plymouth mechanic. I just learned that Chrysler was working with a Turbine powered car for about 12 years. ( another You Tube Channel ) that they almost made it except the EPA and the Nader Raider disease hit them.
They did make them in limited numbers, I think 50. My memory is not what it used to be. I can't remember whether they were leases or something, but somehow Chrysler took them all back. I think they were deemed too dangerous, due to the fact that the exhaust came out the back at like 1700 degrees. There are still a few out there. I think Jay Leno owns one. They look a lot like Thunderbirds, with a Batmobile afterburner, so it's possible you may have even seen one and not known it.
@@garyszewc3339 yes that is what I learned about them however I did not know or think about the exhaust temperature . Thank you.
I couldn't stop looking at the 68 Impala with the custom top